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Events
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025 · 6:30 - 8pm
Previous events
Oct 2024
Ceilidh and Fundraiser
Following the 2024 BSACP Conference we are going to have a reception, ceilidh, and fundraiser for the charity Abortion Talk. This event is hosted in collaboration with our partners Abortion Talk and Doctors for Choice UK.
June 2024
Annual Conference:
Abortion: decriminalise, destigmatise, demedicalise
We are teaming up with the fabulous Abortion Talk to co-host a day event focusing on decriminalising, destigmatising and de-medicalising abortion.
a day of fantastic talks and discussion as well as mingling with an awesome pro-choice crowd.
April 2023
Illegal’ abortions in Britain: a multi-perspective panel discussion
Doctors for Choice UK are back for a stimulating panel discussion on the changing landscape of legal and illegal abortion in the UK
April 2023
Doctors for Choice UK are hosting a ceilidh celebration
Get your dancing shoes on, dust off your doh si dohs, and get down to some pro-choice, ceilidh action with festival veterans the CutaShine OGs bringing their barndance mayhem to the heart of Hackney.
Aug 2022
Avoiding parallel fates: lessons for the UK from Roe V Wade
An expert panel discuss the overturning of Roe vs Wade in America and how this could impact clinicians and service provision in the UK. A Zoom event with Prof Sally Sheldon, Dr Pam Lowe and Dr Jessica Rubino, followed by a Q&A session.
March 2022
Self-managed abortion: Time for doctors to step aside?
An expert panel discuss self-managed abortion and examine the role of doctors, and health professionals in general, in abortion care.
A Zoom event with Mara Clarke, Kinga Jelinska and Patricia Lohr, followed by a Q&A session.
February 2021
Abortion rights in Northern Ireland
A discussion on Northern Ireland's abortion history, its uncertain future, and its relationship with abortion rights in Britain.
A Zoom event with Fiona Bloomer, Emma Campbell, Goretti Horgan and Breedagh Hughes.
February 2021
Sunday night sofa activism
This online event will feature our Policy officer, Sean, who will give you the key information to help you complete each consultation question. Online with DfC members from across the UK. What more could you want?
October 2020
Film screening: Our bodies, our doctors
DfCUK is hosting an online panel discussion on the documentary film ‘Our Bodies Our Doctors.’ Jan Haaken's film follows abortion providers in the USA as they share their stories of providing abortion care in an often hostile and turbulent environment. Through their stories, we gain an insight into providers' work and their commitment to abortion care.
November 2019
After Tiller film screening and discussion
Doctors for Choice UK are holding a screening of the documentary ‘After Tiller’ followed by a panel discussion. After Tiller is a powerful documentary about the murder in 2009 of Dr George Tiller, a physician who performed third trimester abortions in the US.
April 2019
Protecting and advancing UK abortion care
Doctors for Choice UK 2nd annual conference: Protecting and advancing UK abortion care
November 2018
An evening with Wendy Savage
Join Doctors for Choice UK for an evening of conversation with the inspirational Professor Wendy Savage
Wendy is a doctor, academic and campaigner who has dedicated her life to women’s healthcare and continues to be a committed advocate for women’s reproductive rights.
April 2018
How clinicians can shape the future of abortion care
Doctors for Choice UK marks the 50th anniversary of the implementation of the 1967 Abortion Act and celebrates half a century of safe abortion in mainland UK by looking at past, present and future abortion care and considering the ways clinicians can influence the next 50 years of abortion provision throughout the UK.